Classic Rock Gold

Classic Rock Gold
Greatest hits album by Various
Released	April 26, 2005
Recorded	1968-1987
Genre	Rock[1]
Length	2.3 hours
Label	Hip-O Records
Producer	various

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	A–[2]

Classic Rock Gold is a two-disc compilation album released in 2005. It features thirty-three of the greatest hits to come out of classic rock, many of which are from the Universal Music Group catalogue.

The cover features, clockwise from the top left: Whitesnake, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Steppenwolf, Scorpions, Joe Walsh, Rod Stewart and Peter Frampton (all of which recorded for labels that were later merged into what is now Universal Music Group).

Track listing

Disc one

1. Steppenwolf – "Born to Be Wild" (3:30) (Bonfire)
2. Santana – "Evil Ways" (3:57) (Henry/Zack)
3. The Guess Who – "American Woman" (5:07) (Bachman/Cummings/Kale/Peterson)
4. Free – "All Right Now" (5:30) (Rodgers/Fraser)
5. Jethro Tull – "Locomotive Breath" (4:33) (Anderson)
6. The James Gang – "Walk Away" (3:34) (Walsh)
7. Rod Stewart – "Maggie May" (5:46) (Stewart)
8. Ten Years After – "I'd Love to Change the World" (3:44) (Lee)
9. The Hollies – "Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)" (3:17) (Clarke/Cook/Greenaway)
10. The Edgar Winter Group – "Frankenstein" (4:45) (Winter)
11. Elton John – "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting" (4:55) (John/Taupin)
12. Grand Funk Railroad – "We're An American Band" (3:26) (Brewer)
13. Joe Walsh – "Rocky Mountain Way" (5:16) (Walsh/Grace/Passarelli/Vitale)
14. The Doobie Brothers – "China Grove" (3:16) (Johnston)
15. Golden Earring – "Radar Love" (6:25) (Hay/Kooymans)
16. Lynyrd Skynyrd – "Sweet Home Alabama" (4:41) (Van Zant/King/Rossington)
17. Bachman–Turner Overdrive – "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" (3:53) (Bachman)

Disc two

1. Bad Company – "Bad Company" (4:48) (Rodgers/Kirke)
2. Nazareth – "Hair of the Dog" (4:09)
3. Head East – "Never Been Any Reason" (5:11)
4. Foghat – "Slow Ride" [Single version] (3:56) (Peverett)
5. Peter Frampton – "Show Me the Way" [Live] (4:39) (Frampton)
6. Blue Öyster Cult – "(Don't Fear) The Reaper" (5:09) (Roeser)
7. Foreigner – "Cold as Ice" [Single version] (3:20) (Gramm/Jones)
8. Ted Nugent – "Cat Scratch Fever" (3:39) (Nugent)
9. The Cars – "Just What I Needed" (3:45) (Ocasek)
10. Eddie Money – "Two Tickets to Paradise" (3:49) (Money)
11. Cheap Trick – "I Want You to Want Me" [Live] (3:42) (Nielsen)
12. .38 Special – "Hold On Loosely" (4:40) (Barnes/Carlisi/Peterik)
13. Red Rider – "Lunatic Fringe" (4:22) (Cochrane)
14. Billy Idol – "White Wedding" (4:13) (Idol)
15. Scorpions – "Rock You Like a Hurricane" (4:12) (Schenker/Meine/Rarebell)
16. Whitesnake – "Here I Go Again" (4:35) (Coverdale/Marsden)

Personnel

Jorgen Angel – photography Randy Bachman – producer Bad Company – producer Roy Thomas Baker – producer Bruce Botnick – producer Roger Boyd – producer Emily Cagan – product manager Paul Canty – photography, cover photo Manny Charlton – producer Brent Dangerfield – producer Cliff Davies – producer Rick Derringer – producer Dieter Dierks – producer Henry Diltz – photography, cover photo Jack Douglas – producer Gus Dudgeon – producer Keith Forsey – producer Simon Fowler – photography Peter Frampton – producer Lew Futterman – producer Richie Gallo – photography The Hollies – producer Nick Jameson – producer Al Kooper – producer Murray Krugman – producer Richard Landis – producer Pat Lawrence – compilation producer

David Lucas – producer Gavin Lurssen – mastering Gary Lyons – producer Ross Marino – photography, cover photo Ian McDonald – collaboration Gabriel Mekler – producer Rodney Mills – producer Ryan Null – photo research Keith Olsen – producer Sandy Pearlman – producer Michael Putland – photography, cover photo Ron Richards – producer Todd Rundgren – producer Santana – producer Coco Shinomiya – design Dana Smart – compilation producer Shannon Steckloff – production coordination Dave Steen – photography, cover photo Rod Stewart – producer Mike Stone – producer Bill Szymczyk – producer Ted Templeman – producer Dave Thompson – liner notes Joe Walsh – producer Tom Werman – producer Chris Wright – executive producer

See also

• Classic rock
• Album-oriented rock

References

1. Classic Rock Gold at AllMusic
2. Christgau, Robert (August 2011). "Expert Witness". MSN Music. Retrieved January 30, 2015.